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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USNS Sealift China Sea (T-AOT-170)exUSNS Sealift China Sea (T-AO-170)

Awards, Citations and Campaign RibbonsNational Defense Service Medal

Sealift Pacific Class Transport Tanker:

Laid down, 1 October 1973, at Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, CA.

Launched, 1 April 1974

Delivered to Marine Transport Lines for long term charter to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), 9 May 1975 and placed in service as USNS Sealift China Sea (T-AO-170)

Reclassified Transport Oiler, T-AOT-170 (date unknown)

Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register and sold for commercial service, 18 April 1995, to Unideal Navitankers Management, Athens, Greece, renamed MT Sant Ambrogio, re-flagged Panamanian